1915 January 30 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia

1915 January 30 Atlanta Constitution 14 Pages Georgia

Author: Atlanta Constitution

Year: 1915

PDF PAGE 1, COLUMN 6 LARGE SUMS PAID TO BURNS AGENCY, HAAS TELLS COURT Shows Checks for $500 and for $1,000 Given Represen- tatives for Work Done in the Frank Case. JIM CONLEY ON STAND FOR JUST FIVE MINUTES Denies That He Ever Con- fessed to Murder of Mary Phagan – Father’s Mind Unsound, Says Ragsdale’s Son. With the testimony of Herbert Haas, who handled the funds for the Leo M. Frank Defense, the State rested its Case yesterday afternoon in the trial of Dan Lehon, Arthur Thurman and Carlton Tedder before Judge Ben Hill, on charges of subornation of Perjury. Haas was preceded upon the Stand, by Jim Conley. The Negro was on the Stand less than five minutes. There was no cross-examination. When the Solicitor had finished the questions whether or not Conley had confessed to Mary Phagan’s murder, the Negro quit the Witness Chair. The testimony of Herbert Haas, Associate Counsel for the condemned man, related to sums of money paid the Burns Detective Agents at the time Tedder, Lehon and Thurman are accused of having bribed Rev. C. B. Ragsdale, the recanting minister. He submitted a check for $500 which had been paid to Burns representatives for a month’s advance salary and expense mone